Hello Ishwon,
Thank you. It was a very interesting article!
Please do use the elandnews link if you wish to share the link.
> If you want to sell "dholl-puri" you can do it on
> any street without having to pay an expensive
> license. If you decide to create and sell a VoIP
> service you will have to pay Rs 1,000,000 for a
> license. The point here is that you cannot
> invent a service such as Skype in Mauritius as
> there is over-regulation in so-called "ICT" sector.
SM could you please explain what you meant by 'over-regulation in so-called "ICT" sector' ?
> Your article identifies the education system as
> the problem as everyone wants their child to have
> good grades.
SM- Has it always been this way?
From what I observed (from my generation) there is a lot of competition especially when it comes to grades. Our society defines the person with better grades as the more intelligent one. This kind of attitude eventually turned into a disgusting culture easily embraced by a lot of persons.
I know a lot of students who were different and Intelligent but who were ended up being rejected because they wouldn't fit into the educational system. It seems that our educational system would rather work with people who think alike rather than being 'original'. They would rather go abroad and copy ideas from countries instead of nurturing our local talents.
> I would say that people were not be taught how to
> think. People are trained not to ask questions
> as it is viewed as impertinent. It is not a
> problem until the people have to compete on a global basis.
It has become a trend nowadays- 'followers'. We may be living on a Facebook Island but some of our Citizens seems to favor the 'Follow' option on Twitter. (-./)
> There was recently some articles in the local
> press about providing free "tablets" at
> school. There is a study which showed that
> "investing heavily in school computers and
> classroom technology does not improve pupils" [2].
I don't think giving students tablet is going to improve their interest or grades.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2754547/Apple-boss-Steve-Jobs-didnt-let-children-iPads-limited-tech-consumption.html
> The point in the last part of your blog article
> is that people blindly adopt whatever some expert
> says instead of doing an analysis to see whether
> what the expert says makes sense within the local context.
Is it really about what the experts said or is it because the Government is pressuring its citizen?
Kind regards,
Shelly
Received on Mon Oct 05 2015 - 17:33:50 PST